Jane Fernandes took office July 1, succeeding the retiring Kent Chabotar. Fernandes, who has been deaf since birth, is the Quaker institution’s second non-Quaker president and is also the school’s first female president.

Rosalind Fuse-Hall became the 17th president of Bennett College in July 2013. A former attorney, Fuse-Hall comes from a family of educators and has herself worked at schools both large and small, and in a variety of roles.